Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film

Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film
Author: Lora Ann Sigler
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2019-06-27
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476673527

Download Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

 The heyday of silent film soon became quaint with the arrival of "talkies." As early as 1929, critics and historians were writing of the period as though it were the distant past. Much of the literature on the silent era focuses on its filmic art--ambiance and psychological depth, the splendor of the sets and costumes--yet overlooks the inspiration behind these. This book explores the Middle Ages as the prevailing influence on costume and set design in silent film and a force in fashion and architecture of the era. In the wake of World War I, designers overthrew the artifice of prewar style and manners and drew upon what seemed a nobler, purer age to create an ambiance that reflected higher ideals.


Medieval Art and the Look of Silent Film
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Lora Ann Sigler
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-27 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

 The heyday of silent film soon became quaint with the arrival of "talkies." As early as 1929, critics and historians were writing of the period as though it
Filming the Middle Ages
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Bettina Bildhauer
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-01 - Publisher: Reaktion Books

GET EBOOK

In this groundbreaking account of film history, Bettina Bildhauer shows how from the earliest silent films to recent blockbusters, medieval topics and plots hav
Face to Face with Angels
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Sandra Gorgievski
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-10 - Publisher: McFarland

GET EBOOK

Arch-mediator between the divine and the mundane, the angel is an enduring figure in the Western world. It has been interpreted as an externalization of repress
A Companion to Medieval Art
Language: en
Pages: 624
Authors: Conrad Rudolph
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-07 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

GET EBOOK

A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Brings together cutting
Silent Film: A Very Short Introduction
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Donna Kornhaber
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

Encompassing the thirty-five year span between the initial development of film technology in the mid-1890s and the adoption of synchronized sound in the late 19